Constituency
144. Maheshpur
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1972
BR-MAHESHPUR
INC 40.5%won by 13.8%HJS 26.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: PHJ (PHJ) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.1% to 40.5% of the vote here (+5.3%).
- New challengerHJS (HJS) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
24,441
Margin
3,362
13.76%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1KALIDAS MURMUIndian National Congress · INC9,88940.5%
- 2KALESHWAR HEMBROMHJS · HJS6,52726.7%
- 3PAUL HANSDAKNCO · NCO3,50614.3%
- 4SIMON MARANDIPHJ · PHJ2,2569.2%
- 5BISHWA NATH MURMUBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9994.1%
- 6BHIM SORENJan Kalyan Party · JKP9563.9%
- 7SUKUHEMBROMIndependent · IND3081.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- PHJ
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–HJS swing
- −21.4%
- INC share
- 35.1% → 40.5%
- HJS share
- 0.0% → 26.7%
- Turnout
- — → —